Corey Landis has had an extensive range of careers in acting, writing and
music. Landis studied theatre at Ohio University where he was also a member of the sketch comedy troupe The Comedy Sloth. On screen, he
may be recognized for his early work on
That '70s Show (1998) playing
the younger version of
Kurtwood Smith's
character 'Red Forman'. Other screen credits
include the Sci-Fi film
Chrysalis (2008) and the family film
Lost in the Woods (2009) where he co-starred with 'Michael Madsen'.
Landis made noticeable
appearances in several uniquely-different Sci-Fi creature/horror films
starting with
Jim Wynorski's
Dinocroc vs. Supergator (2010),
starring the late
David Carradine,
Camel Spiders (2011),
Dracula: Reborn (2012) and
Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre (2015). He has appeared in several pilots including "Paulie" with
Paul Sorvino and
Janeane Garofalo. He's been in many short films including the award-winning
The Man from Mars (2016), and has appeared in over 150 commercials, frequently as the spokesman--most notably Overstock, Bridgestone, 5 Hour Energy, Taco John's, and Papa Murphy's Pizza. He co-directed the feature documentary "Toy Masters" about the creation of the He-Man toy line. Landis is a piano player and singer-songwriter and has released five albums of original material, the most recent of which ("Corey Landis & The Attacks") was produced by Beatles engineer and legendary Grammy Award winner
Geoff Emerick. He also composed the songs for the the award-winning jazz musical short
Funky Butt (2018).